Transfer printing machine



Oct. 27, 1931. 1 J. KOHLWEY 1,829,562

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Oct 1931- 1. .1. KOHLWEY TRANSFER PRINTING MACHINE File Aug. 9, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Af/UPZM-Vi i y m QM m m M Z x lL Patented Oct. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRvIn J. koniwr'iir, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, ASSIGNOR r0 PHOENIX HOSIERY COMPANY, or MiLwAu'KEE, WISCONSIN, A conrom'ri'olv' or WISCONSIN TRANSFER PRINTING maonnvn Application med August 9, 1930. Serial No. 474,109.

x This invention relates to a transfer print- .ing machine for use in applying trademarks, size numbers, and similar indlcia to hoslery,

stockings, or other articles of like nature.

In the manufacture of hosiery, for example, it is the usual practice to apply to each pair of hosiery a trademark, the size number and other descriptive or informatory matter, just prior to packaging or boxingthe hosiery. This marking of the hosiery is carried out by transferring the indicia from a transfer tape to the stockings. The'transfer tape employed .is usually in the form of a strip or web wound into a reel or roll-like formation and having at spaced intervals throughout its extent the indicia to'be applied to the hosiery. -The indicia on the transfer tape is in the form of raised letters and figures of wax-like substance or other similar material susceptible of being transferred from the tape to the hosiery under the action of heat and pressure. .Heretofore, the transferring was effected by means of a transfer iron which usually has the form of a hand stamp with an enclosed electric heating element.

For the various styles and sizes of hosiery different transfer tapes are employed and the necessity of changing from one roll or reel of tape to another and-the handling involved in effecting each individual transferring operation has rendered this operation so slow that it lags behind related activities the selection of any particular tape and which, with any selected tape, greatly speeds up the transferring operation. p

A further object of the present invention is to provide a machine or device of this character which has the capacity to hold'a relatively large number oftransffertapes and whichembodies a combined guide and cutter adapted to beselectively employed with any one of the plurality of transfer tapes.

In conjunction with these novel features, a

.stampingiron or transferring iron is provided and is so organ zed withthe machine particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 isa viewin end elevation showing a transfer printingmachine embodying the present invention, the stamping irons being shown at right angles to their normal positions for thesake of illustration Figure 2 is a view in section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the combined cutter and guide employed at each side of the machine;

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 5 and further illustrating the combined cutter and guide structure; and

Figure 5' is a view in section taken on line 5'5 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings,- it will be seen that the present invention proposes a suitable frame or housing resting on a table T or other support and consisting of side plates '1 provided with suitable base pieces 3 and connected by cross bars 2 and a cross rod 2'.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the housing is provided with four roll supporting shafts designated at 5, 6, 7 and 8, the shafts 5 and 7 being arranged one above the other at one end of the housing and the shafts 6 and 8 being similarly arranged at the opposite end of the housing. On these shafts sleeves 9 are fitted and provide the support for the rolls of transfer tape designated at 10. Disc-like separators 11 are interposed between adjacent rolls of transfer tape. At the end of each gang of rolls-on each sleeve shaft 9, an end disc 12 is provided and may be releasably secured to the end of the sleeve. a

With thisarrangement the rolls are independently rotatablewith respect to each other and provision is made for the support of a v of the rolls of the upper or lower gangs of relatively large number of rolls to take care of the various types of markings.

The shafts 5, 6, 7 and 8 are" detachably mounted on the casing. This mounting is upper portion provided with a slot shown at 15 in Figure 2 so that any shaft may be readily taken from the housing andbe re-' placed by similar shafts with transfer tapes I thereon'having different types of markin s.

' -jacent the operator.

- Inorder to facilitate p 11 0 of the transfer tape, a combined cutter and p guide designated generally at is'provided atueach end of the machine and is' selectively With this construction, the machine is esigned to serve two operators, each-operator selectively employing a transfer tape of one rolls at the adjacent end of themachine adhandling ad cutting mounted on: either the upper or lower bar 2.

' screws 30 which also serve, the purpose of a Asshown in Figures 73,4 and 5, the combined cutter and guide'comprises a pair of maintaining the platesassembled. The spacing plate-28 and spacing strip 29 hold the -plates a suflicient distance apart to permit the vertical sections 26 'and.27 of theiplates fto'embrace and releasably grip one of 'the of the plates 26 from the plate 28 so as to provide a passage 3l'for the transfer tape T.

The passage 31 communicates at its rear end with a slot 31*;providedin the vertical leg f--.or section 'of the. angular plate 26 to permit the free passage of. the transfer. r

' Gonfined between the'spacing plate 28 and the lower plate 27iis'the attaching portion 32 of a serrated cutter. 33, the cutting edge of the cutter being disposed at the outlet end of plate 26. v V

of the guide passage 31.]Alinement of the transfer tape with the cutter 33 is facilitated by'providing an opening26 in; the top part I The combined cutter and guide'may be selectively'used with either the upper or lower V '.jbar.2 and maybe slid along the bar on which it is mounted into alinement with the selected transfer roll. w

' Centrally, of the vided andhas its'lower end'suitably secured in position as indicated at 41 of-Figure 1 and its uper portion braced 1 by cross rod" 2. On the upper endof the post supporting arms 48 and Mare s'wivelly mounted,th e support-r r 1 arms having bearing "members in the housing apost pro- T on the upperend of the post and supported against downward displacement by a stop collar 16.- The outer ends'of" the arms 4:3 are provided with T-couplings 4:7 to which guide sleeves48 are attached. Slidable through the T-couplings 47 "and-their guide sleeves 48 are the shanks 49 of transfer or stamping arms 50. The upper end of each shank 49 is provided with acollarelserving as an abutment for the upper end of a coil'sprin'g 52 en'circling the shank 49' of the'a'ssociated transfer ironand bearing at its lower end on the T coup'ling47. The spring 52 normally holds the transfer iron elevated but yields to permitit'to be lowered into operative relation to the transfer tapeand hosiery.

a frame open atits' ends, a plurality of rows of reels of transfer tape at each endof the 'machine, means for supportingthe'rowsof reels of transfer tape oneiaboveanother and with the individual. reels of eachrow freely rotatable, a cross bar embodied in" the frame adjacent each row of reels of'transfertape, a combined guide and cutter selectively .cooperable wit-h the cross bar at feaph endiof the machine and selectively cooperable with thetransfer tape ofrany reel at its end of the machineya pair'of-ftransfer irons,-one for each end of the machine, and means for supbars 2grwith aslidihgfitwhile the: spacing strip 29sospaces the horizontal portions 26" ortin fleach transferiron', for swin in P a movement in "a horizontalplane and for move-' ment. a vertical plane; whereby the trans, "fer irons may be advantageously emplo'yed with the tape of any transfer reeh': V A transfer-printing machine comprising aframexopen at its ends, a pluralityof rows of reels of transfer tape at eachend of the machine, means for supporting the rows of reels of transferta'pe one above an- "other and with the individual'reels of each row freely rotatable, a combined guide and cutter selectively cooperable'. with the transfer tape, of any reel atone endjfof the machine, and a pair of transferirons, each transfer ironrbeing adjustably supported so as to be selectivelycooperable with :the transfer tape of any reel atone end of the machineQIf r f I f )3. A- transfer printing machine comps-s ing a support for a plurality'of rows 'of't ransfer tape, .a combined guide'and' cutterfselec tively cooperable-with, the tape of any of the reels, and a transfer fl'iron adjustably 'supported and cooperable with portions of j the transfer tape fedthrough the combinedguide g I v v V 4. A transfer-printing" machine: comprisform 'ofcT-couplings v45: rotatablymounted 5 ing a frame, a plurality of spaced shafts, '130 bearing means for releasably supporting each shaft on the frame, means on each shaftfor supporting a plurality of reels of transfer tape, and a transfer iron selectively cooperable with the transfer tape of any reel.

5. A transfer printing machine comprising a frame, a shaft releasably mounted on the frame, means on the shaft for supporting a plurality of reels of transfer tape, and a transfer iron selectively cooperable with the transfer tape of any reel.

6. A transfer printing machine comprising a frame, means for interchangeably supporting a plurality of rows of reels of transfer tape on said frame and a transfer iron selectively cooperable with the transfer tape of the reels.

7. A transfer printing machine comprising means for interchangeably supporting a plurality of row of reels of transfer tape, a combined guide and cutter selectively cooperable with any one of a plurality of transfer tapes, and a transfer iron cooperable with the transfer tape fed through the combined guide and cutter.

8. A transfer printing machine comprising a frame, means for releasably supporting on the frame a row of reels of transfer tape, a cross bar carried with the frame, a combined guide and cutter adjustably supported on the cross bar and selectively cooperable with the transfer tape of any reel, and an adjustably supported transfer iron cooperable with the transfer tape fed through the combined guide and cutter.

9. A transfer printing machine of the type employing a transfer iron for transferring the impression from a transfer tape to an article to be marked and comprising a frame, releasable means for rotatably supporting a row of reels of transfer tape on the frame, a cross bar connected to the frame and disposed adjacent the row of reels of transfer tape, and a combined guide and cutter including spaced plates having means slidably embracing the cross bar and having a feed passage extending horizontally therethrough, there being a cutter at one end of the feed passage.

10. A transfer printing machine comprising means for interchangeably supporting a plurality of rows of reels of transfer tape, and a transfer iron selectively cooperable with the transfer tape of any reel.

11. A transfer printing machine of the type employing a transfer iron for transferring the impression from a transfer tape to an article to be marked and comprising a frame consisting of spaced side plates, upper and lower cross bars connecting said side plates at their ends, transversely alined bearings on the confronting faces of the side plates, shafts removably fitted in said bearings, means on the shafts for rotatably supporting a plurality of rows of reels of transfer tape, and combined guide and cutter for the transfer tape selectively cooperable with the upper or lower cross bars at the ends of the frame.

In witness whereof, I hereto affix my signature.

IRVIN J. KOHLWEY. 

